Safety razor



March 12, 1929. R. c. WARNER I SAFETY RAZOR Filed Feb. 17, 1928 INVEN TOR.

A TTORNE Y)" Patented Mar. 12,'1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROLLIN' C. WARNER, OF ALBANY, N EW YORK.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Applicationfiled February 17, 1928. Serial No. 255,018.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in safety razors and has amongst its several objects to provide a safety razor having an adjustable handle for providing a quick and easy means of stropping or honing the blade without necessitating the removal of said blade and without the use of a special honing device; to provide a safety razor of a construction whereby the same may be used not only in the same manner as the ordinary hoe type safety razor with the handle extending at right angles to the blade, but

also as an ordinary straight razor with the handle in line with the blade; to provide a razor having a handle which may be readily positioned to meet any one of the condltions above recited, and to provide a .safety razor which is of simple construction and is therefore cheap to manufacture.

With theseiand other objects in view which will more fully appear, the nature of the invention will be more clearly. understood by following the description, the appended claims, and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

.In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a safety razor embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, the hanile belng broken away, and the guard omitted,

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the handle adjusted to a'position in line with the,

blade for use when stropping the latter.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional View through the holder showing a part of the handle in elevation,

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the holder and blade in section, and Figure 6 is a View similar to Figure 2 but showing a modified construction of the holder.

Like reference numerals designate corre- 'sponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, my invention comprises a razor blade holder A, a razor blade B, a guard O for the razor blade and a handle D.

The razor blade-holder A, as shown 1n Figures 1 to 5 inclusive, is formed from a single metal blank which is stamped to provide a resultant head 5 and opposed clamping jaws 66 which extend-from said head. The head 5 is shaped to form a tubehaving oppositely tapered bores 7 and 8 which extend inwardly from .the opposite" end of the head and have.

their longitudinal axes in the same planes as the jaws. The head 5 is also formed with transverse openings 9-9 which are arranged 1n alinement and have their walls conjointly tapered similar to the tapered bores 7 and 8.

hese openings 9 are located centrallyof the head and have their longitudinal axes in a plane at right angles to the aws. The inner faces of the jaws 6-6 are conjointly formed with a slot 10 for receiving the razor blade B, the clamping jaws 66 frictionally engaging the blade to hold the latter against relative movement. l The guard C is provide'd along one edge with a rebent portion 11 which projects slightly above the cutting edge of the blade, and is' provided with a series of openings 12. '.The guard is also provided with a pair of inwardly extending lugs 13 13 for the purpose of engaging around the ends of the jaws to hold the guard in place.

The handle D is provided with a reduced end 14 havin a taper corresponding to the bores 7, 8 an 9. j

en it is desired to use the razor for shaving, the blade Bis first positioned between the clamping jaws 6-6 of the holder A; the

in byv friction as will be readily understood.

When it is desired to either use the razor as a straightrazor, or to hone the blade,the tapered end-14 of the handle D is withdrawn from the openings 9-9 and inserted in either one of the openings 7 or 8, thereby positioning the handle in line with the blade, as illustrated in Figures3 and 4.

It may befound desirable to form the holder from a casting and such a construction isshown in Figure G-Wherein the holder is indidated as an entirety by the reference numeral r A. vOtherwise, the construction is identical with that previously described. r

I It is of course to be understood that the details of structure and; arrangements of parts may be variously changed and modified without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention.

I claim: v 1. In a safety razor, the combination of'a holder including a head and a pair of opposed jaws for receiving a razor blade therebetween, said. head being formed with oppositely tapered bores extending inwardly from the opposite ends of the head and having their longitudinal axes in the plane of the jaws, and a handle having a correspondingly tapered end 5 frictionally fitting one of said bores of said 10 said head being formed with a tapered bore located centrally of the head and having its longitudinal axis at right angles to the plane of the jaws, and'a. handle having a correspondingly 'tapered end frictionally fitting said tapered bore of the head.

3. In a razor, the combination of a holder formed from a single metal blank bent transversely to provide a head having a longitudinally tapered bore extending inwardly from one end thereof and having its axis in the plane of the jaw, and a handle having a correspondingly tapered end frictionally fitting thetapered bore of the head.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

' ROLLIN C. WARNER. 

